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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire [12]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Bethnal Green, London [7]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

St. Andrews, Fifeshire [7]

Goulburn New South Wales [6]

South Melbourne Victoria [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Norwood South Australia [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Derby Tasmania [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Albert Park Victoria [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Glasgow [3]

Killarney Queensland [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Port Melbourne Victoria [3]

South Shields, Durham [3]

Tiaro Queensland [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [2]

Cordalba Queensland [2]

Dawson South Australia [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Evansford Victoria [2]

Galston, Ayrshire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Gosford New South Wales [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2008]

Gunner [178]

Serjeant [155]

Driver [145]

Corporal [138]

Second Lieutenant [111]

Sapper [102]

Lance Corporal [75]

Captain [67]

Pioneer [40]

Lieutenant [35]

Acting Corporal [34]

Major [34]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Bombardier [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Rifleman [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Sergeant [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Worker [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Captain/Temporary Major [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Admiral [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [247]

Royal Field Artillery [243]

Royal Engineers [222]

Army Service Corps [178]

Royal Scots [107]

Highland Light Infantry [102]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [97]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [84]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [80]

Royal Highlanders [69]

Liverpool Regiment [66]

Royal Irish Rifles [61]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [57]

Northumberland Fusiliers [57]

Scottish Rifles [57]

Manchester Regiment [56]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

London Regiment [55]

Seaforth Highlanders [51]

Cameron Highlanders [46]

Gordon Highlanders [44]

Canadian Infantry [43]

Royal Naval Division [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

Leinster Regiment [32]

South Lancashire Regiment [32]

Royal Irish Regiment [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

West Riding Regiment [24]

Border Regiment [23]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [21]

Connaught Rangers [21]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Irish Guards [20]

Service

British Army [3053]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [447]

Australian Imperial Force [288]

Royal Navy [261]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [4483]

D [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4338]

Merchant Navy [108]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [18] Liverpool, Lancashire [12] Adelaide South Australia [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Bethnal Green, London [7] Glasgow Scotland [7] St. Andrews, Fifeshire [7] Goulburn New South Wales [6] South Melbourne Victoria [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Norwood South Australia [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Derby Tasmania [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Albert Park Victoria [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Glasgow [3] Killarney Queensland [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Port Melbourne Victoria [3] South Shields, Durham [3] Tiaro Queensland [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [2] Cordalba Queensland [2] Dawson South Australia [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Evansford Victoria [2] Galston, Ayrshire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Gosford New South Wales [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2008] Gunner [178] Serjeant [155] Driver [145] Corporal [138] Second Lieutenant [111] Sapper [102] Lance Corporal [75] Captain [67] Pioneer [40] Lieutenant [35] Acting Corporal [34] Major [34] Acting Serjeant [25] Bombardier [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Company Serjeant Major [12] Rifleman [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Sergeant [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Deck Hand [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Able Seaman [8] Worker [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Nursing Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker [4] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Captain/Temporary Major [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Sister [3] Temporary Major [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Admiral [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Commander [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [247] Royal Field Artillery [243] Royal Engineers [222] Army Service Corps [178] Royal Scots [107] Highland Light Infantry [102] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [97] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [84] Machine Gun Corps [81] Royal Scots Fusiliers [80] Royal Highlanders [69] Liverpool Regiment [66] Royal Irish Rifles [61] King's Own Scottish Borderers [57] Northumberland Fusiliers [57] Scottish Rifles [57] Manchester Regiment [56] Durham Light Infantry [55] London Regiment [55] Seaforth Highlanders [51] Cameron Highlanders [46] Gordon Highlanders [44] Canadian Infantry [43] Royal Naval Division [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Royal Irish Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Service Corps [34] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33] Royal Fusiliers [33] Leinster Regiment [32] South Lancashire Regiment [32] Royal Irish Regiment [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Cheshire Regiment [27] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [26] East Lancashire Regiment [25] West Riding Regiment [24] Border Regiment [23] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [21] Connaught Rangers [21] Rifle Brigade [21] Hampshire Regiment [20] Irish Guards [20]

Service

British Army [3053] Canadian Expeditionary Force [447] Australian Imperial Force [288] Royal Navy [261] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [4483] D [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4338] Merchant Navy [108] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [68] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1]

William Harry Cunningham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186494

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John Cunningham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145552

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Thomas Cunningham

Born 1873

Died 1920

British Army 328066 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Stanley Cunningham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213690

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Alexander Cunningham

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230821

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John Cunningham

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9811 Private Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

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John J Cunningham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 7/4389 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 276270 Private Durham Light Infantry

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David H Cunningham

Died 1918

British Army S/18200 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/40849 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Cunningham

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4037 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army 331327 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th highland Battalion

British Army 331327 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Stephen Cunningham

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army S/7252 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Archibald John Cunningham

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery a/110th Brigade

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James Burns Cunningham

Died 1917

British Army 41930 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 78th Brigade, B Battery

British Army 41930 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 80th Brigade

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James Alexander Steven Cunningham

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army S/21019 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

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James Cunningham

Died 1916

British Army 6720 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6720 Acting Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6720 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Chester Archie Cunningham

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127348

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127348 Private Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery

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Peter Cunningham

Born 1898

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80341 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80341 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Frederick James Cunningham

Born 1894

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13425 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Cunningham

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 4520 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 6031 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Cunningham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 8916 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 8916 Corporal Leinster Regiment

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James Cunningham

Died 1915

British Army 353 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 18th Battalion

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